Michael Popek's Blog, page 120

Talkin' Baseball

Small photograph, it appears to be of a few folks posing for a portrait mid-baseball game.

On the back is some writing in pencil:


Masonville
"Old 7 ??? Day"
July 4th 1936

Found in "Dance of the Machines" by Edward J. O'Brien. Published by Macaulay, 1929.

Here's a large, cleaned-up version of the photograph:




-Click to enlarge photos-

Crumb Is A Strange Word

 Recipe for "Chocolate Dessert" -

2 C pwd. sugar
2 sq. chocolate
1/2 C butter
1/2 C nut meats
3 eggs yolks, beaten
3 egg whites, beaten stiff

Cream sugar and butter and melted choc.
Add 1 tsp. vanilla and nuts
Add egg yolks and fold into egg whites

Roll one box vanilla wafers to crumb, line bottom of 9 x 13 cake pan. Save some crumbs for top

Put mixture on crumbs, then 1 qt. vanilla ice cream on top of that.
Add remaining crumbs

Found in "New Trends in Table Settings" by Lucy Staley. Published by Hearthside, 1968.



-Click to enlarge photos-

Giveaway winner

This week's winner was @SeeJennRead, who entered over on Twitter.

Thanks to all who entered, see you here next week.

Friday Giveaway: Ten Vintage Classics - Contest Closed

Contest now closed, winner will be announced shortly.

-Click to enlarge photos-

Friday Giveaway: Ten Vintage Classics

I'm giving away these ten classic books this week.

To enter, leave a comment below.

You can also enter on Facebook , Twitter or via email .

I will gather up all the entries and pick a winner at random tomorrow morning at 10:00 AM Eastern.

Good luck!

-Click to enlarge photos-

Year Of The Dragon

 Another cloth patch, this one has no writing or markings.

Found in "Storm Over the Land" by Carl Sandburg. Published by Harcourt and Brace, 1942.

EDIT: From Donald Fuller Drake via Facebook:

That is a post WWII era 'Liberty Cuff'. These were surreptitiously sewn on the inside of the Dress Blue Enlisted Jumpers' cuffs and worn unbuttoned and rolled back while on liberty. Totally unauthorized, but generally tolerated.

-Click to enlarge photos-

Frieda's

Bumper sticker advertising Frieda's Village Inn, Delhi New York.

Found in "Mike Mulligan and His Steam Shovel" by Virginia Lee Burton. Published by Houghton Mifflin, 1967, later reprint.


-Click to enlarge photos-

Looks Like Meat's Back On The Menu

Huge menu (measures 20" by 24") from Cactus Ted's Famous Ranch House, Chapel Hill, North Carolina.

Found in "Ladies' Home Journal Book of Interior Decoration" by Elizabeth Halsey. Published by Curtis, 1954.

-Click to enlarge photos-

Changes

Large photo postcard.

On the front is printed

Seasons Greetings
Rev. and Mrs. O. B. Hill

On the reverse side is written

Main St. Baptist Church
Otego NY

As some of you know, the bookshop is located in Otego, so I took a little drive. Here's what the church looks like on this cold morning:


Quite different.

Found in "Old Pewter" by N. Hudson Moore. Published by Garden City Publishing, 1933.



-Click to enlarge photos-

At The Fair

My trusty scanner is acting up, so we'll have to settle for a photo.

Two tickets to the 1974 Afton, NY fair.

Found in "The Far Side Observer" by Gary Larson. Published by Andrews and McMeel, 1987.



-Click to enlarge photos-